Thursday, August 26, 2010

Good morning! Another late night...trying to get things done. I finished two more for India "Nari Anjan" a purple heron 16x24 on gallery wrapped canvas, and "Holi" a 24 x 30 on gallery wrapped canvas. Holi (the festival of color) was one of my favorites when I was living in India as a child. You got to put on clothes that you didn't care about and run around pelting people and in turn being pelted with colored water balloons and neon colored powders and pastes...it was great fun!!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

I'm back from San Diego. Had a very good meeting with Event Network. They supply many of the aquariums, zoos, botanical gardens and natural history museums with cards, prints and gift items. I'll be doing some new images for them including Hawaiian tropicals, orchids and dinosaurs!

Here is a new painting I finished last night at 2:00am titled "Hold Your Demons Close" . It is an original on 24x48 gallery wrapped canvas for $2,125. It is for my

two person show with Ric Gendron in October in the Kress Gallery/River Park Square, Spokane. The title of the show is "Beauty and the Beast-Monsters, Mermaids, Demons and Divas".

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Good morning! I took a break from India and did two new aquatic designs. I am flying to San Diego to meet with Event Network tomorrow. They license images for cards, t-shirts, prints and other gift items for aquariums, zoos and botanical gardens around the country and I wanted a couple of new designs to show them. Wish me luck!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Another weekend come and gone! I just finished my newest piece titled "Ganga" for my India show

When Ganga descended from the heavens, her immense power threatened to destroy everything, But Shiva captured Ganga in his hair, only letting a trickle come through, so that Ganga could manifest on earth as the holy Ganges river.

My mom said that they don't really show bare shoulders in India...so I added sleeves to her top and made it into a "choli". (what is worn under a sari)

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Sorry I've been slow to post...I needed a little break from painting. So, I went for a nice long 3 hour walk with my friend Kim on Fish Lake Trail, went to yoga, and watched "Amelia" about Amelia Earhart and now I am rejuvenated and back to the studio! Here are two new pieces for my India show. "Little Rajas" the kingfishers on 10x20 gallery wrapped canvas, and "Let Loose" also 10x20 acrylic on canvas.

Back to the studio again-yeah! I finished two new paintings for my India show next January. "Elephant Man" which is an acrylic on gallery wrapped 30x30 canvas and a vegetable market scene that I saw when mom and I visited Jaipur two years ago titled "Jaipur Market" acrylic on 24x30 gallery wrapped canvas.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Well...the murals are done, Art on the Green in Coeur d' Alene is over-it's time to get back to painting new work for my India show! Here is the last one I completed "Jungle Fowl" 16x24 on gallery wrapped canvas.

About Me

Contact me: sirenagraphics@hotmail.com
Artist Melissa Cole often finds herself snorkeling with salmon, smooching manatees, and swimming with tiger sharks. It is from these amazing encounters that she derives much of the inspiration for her vividly colored, heavily textured and patterned acrylic paintings.
Cole was born in Oregon and raised in London, Hong Kong, and India. She graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in Zoology and spent time as a naturalist guide in Mexico. She’s written over 30 children’s natural history books and travels with her husband Brandon, who is a wildlife photographer specializing in marine life. Melissa has always dabbled in art, but has spent the last ten years fully devoted to it. She is strongly influenced by ethnic patterns, which she sees in her travels abroad. “You’ll find lots of dots, and a distinct border pattern in each of my pieces.” Her work is found in galleries ranging from Stephan Fine Arts in Anchorage, Alaska to The Wild Side Gallery in Key West, Florida.